Surname Štapa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Štapa families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Štapa live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Štapa (including: Stapa , Stapha , Stappa , Shitappa , Shtappa and Shetappa ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Stapa " is used by some 100 people in Malaysia , small number in Poland , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ratko Štapa, Hrvoje Štapa, Valentina Štapa, Vesna Štapa, Barica Štapa, Vladimir Štapa, Ane Štapa, Anka Štapa, Anke Štapa, Ankica Štapa, Josip Štapa, Kovačić Štapa, Magda Štapa, Stjepan Štapa, Valentine Štapa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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